Jan 30, 2025 · Rafael Mandelman’s Life in Photos. Images by Rink (1970s–1980s Photos Provided by Rafael Mandelman) Rafael Mandelman, a former San Francisco Bay Times columnist, on January 8, 2025, was elected unanimously as the President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

About Our Cover 1.30.25. As efforts to strengthen resistance against the new presidential administration build, leaders of the revitalized movement are emerging, and sometimes unexpectedly.

Democrat Daniel Lurie—a philanthropist, founder and former CEO of the Tipping Point Community, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, and a relative newcomer to elected politics—was sworn in on January 8, 2025, as San Francisco’s 46th mayor. The well-attended ceremony was held in front of City Hall and extended into Civic Center Plaza. With […]

Jan 16, 2025 · The Keys Jazz Bistro: This is one of my new favorite haunts in North Beach for cool jazz in an upscale, intimate setting with craft cocktails, good food, and a lively crowd. The Dolls SF: Some of the transgender ladies of the now-shuttered AsiaSF have opened their own spot downstairs from a straight, country and western bar in the Marina. When you get past the mechanical bull, you descend to ...

March drew our attention to several smaller events, but events with particular meaning. We attended a special party at 440 to honor visiting Rita Rocket and a personal good-bye event with Sanjay Gujral as he announced the closing of the popular Castro restaurant Catch. We spent delightful evenings at New Conservatory Theater’s production of Jewelle Gomez’ Unpacking in P-Town and watching ...

Apr 20, 2023 · Action = Life. By Joanie Juster– Photos by Brooke Anderson, Movement Photographer Monday, June 5, was National HIV Long-Term Survivors Day. San Francisco AIDS Foundation’s HIV Advocacy Network (HAN) hosted a day of…

Feb 3, 2025 · As efforts to strengthen resistance against the new presidential administration build, leaders of the revitalized movement are emerging, and sometimes unexpectedly. When the Rt. Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde, the Bishop of Washington, during her inaugural prayer service address made a plea for mercy and compassion towards vulnerable people, including members of LGBTQ+ communities, she expressed

Castro Street Sidewalks to be Widened Funding has been secured and planning is starting for the long-discussed widening of pedestrian sidewalks in the 400 and 500 blocks of Castro Street (between Market and 19th Streets), according to Supervisor Scott Wiener. A community process, including public meetings to develop a streetscape design, will begin in early 2013. […]

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Jan 31, 2025 · The Hearts in San Francisco project debuted in 2004, the inspired idea of two women: Nancy Bechtle and Ellen Magnin Newman. That year, 130 heart sculptures, created by local Bay Area artists, were placed on display throughout San Francisco for the public to enjoy while raising critical funds for the SFGHF to benefit the public hospital, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.